Rail-joint.



No. 850,982. PATENTED APR. 23. 1907 S. TOMAN.

RAIL JOINT. APYLIOATIOH FILED MAY 10, 1906.

SAMUEL TOMAN, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 10, 1906. Serial No. 316,181.

Patented April 23, 1907.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL ToMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Rail-Joints; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

- and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Said rail-j oint is especially adapted to railroad-rails.

My object is to firmly secure abutting rail ends with nutless bolts and clamping-plates, thereby preventing any relative movement of them.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the railjoint as it is applied to two abutting rail ends. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view at 11 11 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspectiveview of a bolt. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the angle bindingplate. Fig. 5 is a sectional top view. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the rail-j oint with the flange portion omitted. Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical section of Fig. 6.

The binding-plate P, Fig. 4, is inclined on its outer surface and'has a projecting flange B, which extends outward beyond the base of the rail, as shown in Fig. 1, and is provided with notches a a, adapted to the usual railway-spikes. The plate P is provided with orifices c 0 large enough to receive the diagonal of the bolt 6, and from these orifices slots m 'm the size of the bolt I) extend parallel to the inner surface of the plate. The alternate angles formed by the bolt 1) and head h are equal, to conform to the inclines of the plates. (See P P, Fig. 5.)

Orifices are made in the web of the rails large enough to receive the head of a bolt and to register with those of the plate. The inner surfaces of the angle-plate are made to conform to the surfaces of the web and base of the rails. (See Fig. 1.)

In operation apply two angle or binding plates, one on each side of the rail ends, their inclines in opposite direction, (see Fig. 5,) until the orifices c c register with the orifices in the rail. Then insert the bolts with their flattened heads in a horizontal position. The bolts are then turned ninety degrees, so that the heads will engage the parallel sides of the slots. The plates are then driven into position by striking on their larger ends. Railway spikes are then driven through the notches of the flange into the cross-ties.

What I claim is In a rail-joint the binding-plates with suitable registering slots, the inner surfaces conforming to the webs of rails, the outer plane surfaces inclined throughout their lengths and arranged reversely, and the flat-headed bolts to hold said plates as they are wedged against abutting rails, substantially as described.

SAMUEL TOMAN.

Witnesses: I

ELIAS VAN ScoYK, I WILLIAM OSTMAN. 

